A large amount of literature provides empirical evidence in support of Marshall or Jacobs
theories regarding the specialization or diversity effects on the economic performance of …

This article reviews where we have come from and where we are going in research on
regional growth and development. Our object of study is the region, an imprecise term that …

Firms and workers are much more productive in large and dense urban environments. There
is substantial evidence of such agglomeration economies based on three approaches. First …

This paper develops microfoundations for the role that diversified cities play in fostering
innovation. A simple model of process innovation is proposed, where firms learn about their …

Despite the recent increase in the adoption and use of social media tools to support firm
operations, very little empirical research focusing on small-and medium-sized enterprises …

This ground-breaking volume on the relationships between tourism and innovation provides
an overview of relevant innovation theories and related literatures on entrepreneurship …

In this paper, we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation by using
data on patent applications filed by firms at the European Patent Office and a linked …

ANTONELLI C.(2000) Collective knowledge communication and innovation: the evidence of
technological districts, Reg. Studies 34, 535±547. Technological knowledge is a collective …

Regional economists, planners, and geographers for more than half a century have drawn a
useful distinction in characterizing the properties of spatial agglomerations, or growth …

The adoption of new technology is a key driver of firm performance and economic
development. Yet the process of transferring and adopting new technologies is not …